CHAPTER XXVII 



LITTLE CASTS 



The Fingerling Fisher. It is sad to see a man with 

 his creel full of trout each not over the size of a lady's 

 penknife. This character has a photograph made of 

 himself with the fingerlings held in front of him so as 

 to make them appear of legal size; this he sends to 

 friends in the city with glowing accounts of his catch 

 of "a hundred speckled beauties in one day. " 



Tent Water-proofing. Sugar of lead and alum. 



Woodcraft. A good, simple way to find a road or 

 dwelling, if you are lost in the woods, is to follow down 

 a stream. 



Destroying the Streams. Discourage the indis- 

 criminate cutting down of trees. The destruction of 

 forest land means the drying up of trout waters and 

 the waste of drinking water. 



The Bungler. Bragging of ungentle catches, un- 

 truths about the size of a specimen, and non-ich- 

 thyological nonsense about the mystery of a species 

 unnatural history such as cheap fiction writers in- 

 dulge in by bungling would-be fishermen annoy the 

 practical man and puzzle the earnest tyro. The record 

 of honest sport is entertaining and instructive. 



